Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
September 5, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1973 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Philadelphia Phillies 0, New York Mets 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Harmon 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Anderson rf 4 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 0 0
Robinson B. cf 4 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 2 0 2 0
Bowa ss 1 0 0 0
  Grabarkewitz ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Twitchell p 2 0 0 0
  Tovar ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson C. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 4 1 1 2
Millan 2b 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 1
Milner lf 2 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Grote c 3 1 1 0
Hahn cf 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 1 1 0
Sadecki p 2 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 3
Philadelphia 000 000 000041
New York 100 012 00x450
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  L (13-8) 5.0 3 2 1 4 1
  Culver   3.0 2 2 2 3 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
3
7
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (4-3) 5.2 3 0 0 5 6
  McGraw  SV (16) 3.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
6
8

  E–Schmidt (17).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  3B–New York Garrett (2,off Culver).  HR–New York Staub (12,1st inning off Twitchell 0 on, 2 out).  SH–McGraw (3,off Culver).  SB–Milner (1,2nd base off Twitchell/Boone).  WP–Twitchell (13), Culver (3).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:39.  A–12,563.
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